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* INSTAGRAM BEGAN EXPERIENCING A GLOBAL OUTAGE STARTING AROUND 3:30 P.M. (ET) * USERS HAD ISSUES LOGGING IN AND LOADING THE APP, AS WELL AS ACCESSING MESSAGES  * COMES AFTER THE SOCIAL MEDIA

SITE EXPERIENCED WIDESPREAD OUTAGES ON MONDAY By ANNIE PALMER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 17:03 EDT, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 17:23 EDT, 7 June 2019 Instagram has crashed for users around

the world.  Users began reported having issues accessing the Facebook-owned app around 3:30 p.m. (ET) on Friday, preventing many in the United States, Europe and other areas of the globe

from logging in.  The social media platform suffered a similar outage earlier in the week, which left users further frustrated.   The app appears to be down for users in some parts of the

US, as well as regions in Europe, South America and India, in addition to other areas, according to Down Detector.  As of 4:30 p.m. (ET), thousands of user reports had been filed complaining

of an outage. Some Instagram users who have tried to post photos this afternoon have instead been hit with an error message: 'Something went wrong. Please try again later.'  The

issue seems to have primarily affected the app, though a small percentage of users said the Instagram website wasn't online either.  Others said they couldn't access their direct

messages, while some were unable to refresh their feed or read comments.  Users took to Twitter to express their grief about the issue. It comes just a few days after Instagram faced similar

outages that lasted the better part of Monday afternoon.  Users reported issues accessing their feed, posting photos and viewing direct messages in the app.  Additionally, Google suffered

an outage on Sunday, that resulted in service disruptions for YouTube, G Suite and Gmail.  The search giant said it appeared to stem from 'high levels of network congestion,' but

it wasn't immediately clear if that was the root cause. Google also insisted that the widespread outages, which primarily affected service in the Eastern United States, but also

stretched across the globe, were not a result of cyberattacks.